Posted on 05/12/2008 4:37:54 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
Apple's iPhone will be available from more than one mobile operator in Australia and India later this year, further signs that Apple is breaking with its history of exclusive iPhone distribution agreements with operators in other markets.
On Monday, SingTel announced it had struck a deal with Apple to distribute the iPhone in Singapore, India, Australia and the Philippines.
The announcement follows Vodafone's agreement with Apple, announced last week, to sell the iPhone in 10 countries including Australia, India and Italy. On the same day, Telecom Italia announced that it too would distribute the iPhone in Italy, the first sign that Apple was moving away from only signing exclusive deals.
The Vodafone deal excluded its networks in the U.K. and Germany, where Apple has already signed exclusive distribution deals with rival operators O2 and T-Mobile. But with two operators on board to sell the iPhone in Italy, and now India and Australia, Apple appears to be taking a different approach as it widens the availability of the iPhone.
(Excerpt) Read more at pcworld.com ...
Apple lost millions and millions of unit sales through their idiotic exclusivity arrangements in the USA.
That “exclusivity arrangements” had to do with the carrier not Apple. at&t was the only one willing to bite.
“That “exclusivity arrangements” had to do with the carrier not Apple. at&t was the only one willing to bite.”
So Steve wasn’t telling the truth ?
Apple chose Cingular because they are the best and most popular carrier in the US,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We are thrilled to be offering our revolutionary new iPhone exclusively with Cingular,....
http://www.apple.com/iphone/pr/20070109cingular.html
That is a Press Release, nothing negative is going to be said in it. There are many articles posted here that speaks of this issue if you want to do a search for it.
“That is a Press Release, nothing negative is going to be said in it.”
Not sure your point ... that this taken from apples site is not an accurate quote or that Jobs was not telling the truth ?
Apple wanted a cut of the on-going revenues and was willing to give an exclusive for it, same as in UK, Germany and France. It appears that the rest of the world is notgoing for it.
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